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In previous events, the average number of collectibles per drop were usually higher, going as high as 40 per; this one - the numbers drop. Have not seen a drop of more than 18 in this one; the last 4 drops have been: 8,9,8 and 10 - between the 4 of them 1 (one) pumpkin.
Suggestion to BB: Determine the number of pumpkins to be dropped BEFORE determining the number of collectibles to drop; so those who get a tiny drop still get at least one pumpkin in there per drop.
Hello,Quote:
Originally Posted by RonEmpire
Today's changelog can be found here.
Please let us know if notice some improvement with the collectible pumpkins.
BB_Endesmor
I improved(?) to 0 out of 14 this morning.
the problem has not been fixed i found 1 out of 19 collectables i don't know if theres 2 or 3 resets a day but if there is 2 it will take 50 days and if there is 3 it will take 33 .3 days either way ur not going to get the 100 achhievement if you want all your memebers to quit you sure found a good way to do this make unreachable goals cause as people know humans hate to fail
since the expansion, I've had max 9 collectables spawn at a time. and so far have only gotten 12 pumpkins. before the expansion I had a wide number of collectables dropping and now 9 tops with maybe 1 being a pumpkin. and I usually only get 2 respawns a day
Never very many, all things considered.
Low expectations of ever getting many.
get that to rhyme, and we can start a rap band!!Quote:
Originally Posted by EpsilonSilver
Well the 1-3 pumpkins per collectible part works fine. I only had 2 spawn out of 15 collectibles though.
0 of 11
Today was a good day for collecting pumpkins. 23 pumpkins found in 2 spawns today. The problem was, I only received credit for 13 in the achievements. The news tab shows 8 pumpkin collectibles found this morning, but only got credit for 1 each, even though some of them were for 2 (4), 1 at 3 and 3 at 1. This afternoon I found 5 pumpkin collectibles, which totaled 9 pumpkins 4 (2), and 1 (1), but was only given credit for 5 in achievements. Not sure how many I was given in event tab. Didn't check prior to collecting, and didn't expect more than 1 for each one found.
I had 2 spawn this morning. Don't consider that an improvement.
I really do not see any changes since the maintenance. Drops seem to be the same.
4-0-6 with a total of 5 collectibles and 10 pumpkins in 3 spawns.
0 of 11 pumpkins spawned this morning for me. Now, 1 pumpkin spawned of 13 collectibles, the actual total was 3 pumpkins for that one pumpkin. However, only 1 pumpkin was added to my total found for the achievement. So, I have a total of 13 pumpkins found for the achievement quest. Still no improvement for me :(
after the "fix" I had 27 collectibles with5 pumpkins in it, next one only 19 with 3, so the fix only lasted for one spawn.
I was feeling fine about this achievement until it was "improved".
I went from 1-2 pumpkin spawns before the fix to 2-3 pumpkin spawns after the fix. Not exactly the improvement I was hoping for. At this late in the event I have no hope of reaching the collect 100 achievement.
Am I wrong, or a 3x pumpkin collectible only counts for 1 for the achievement?
you're not wrong.
that's how it works now after the "fix".
Oh, for pitys sake.
i'm still just getting about 9 collectables per spawn. I guess if I tear down all my buildings I would get more......I could just quit too!!!
It appears that when you click on a pumpkin collectible, if it rewards you with 2 or 3 pumpkins, it still only counts as 1 towards the achievement for finding 10/50/100 pumpkin collectibles.
At the current rate I don't think that would allow a lot of people to complete that achievement even if they gather all collectibles.
Since the event started on Tuesday, US time zones, and it is now Sunday, we are on the 6th day of the event. The event countdown is over 15 days. With 2-3 spawns per day, there should have been 11-17 spawns of collectibles since the event started. While there is still a random number generator in play, there should be some normalization with this sample size. Assuming a more-or-less constant rate, one would need to collect just over 25% of the pumpkins for the achievement; call it 14 of 50 to safely get to the first bar or 25-30 to complete the full 100.
As far as I know, there is no way to boost the number of collectibles or pumpkins, and they are still only counting as one instance for the achievement metter even though they have changed the actual number of pumpkins gained to 1-3 per spawn instance. Despite this, I have already reached 52 pumpkins on my Zeus account and 47 on Ares. Assuming a generally consistent rate, I should have a fairly safe margin for completing the achievement.
As usual, we tend to forget these goals are achievements, rather than something simple to do. Honestly, the pumpkin collectibles seems to be the only set in the group that actually may require some actual effort. The one for the placement of tricks can be done in a day with minimal effort, the golem watering depending only on time for the spawns, and the pumpkin master quest can be completed just by placing the pumpkin patches and waiting. There may be some challenge for players to kill their own golems, assuming that their friends are not killing them already for their own achievement, but there is a 25% excess there as well. And unlike the achievements in the previous event, you do not even need to have purchased specialists to meet the goals.
Going back to my BK now. Maybe if more time was spent playing and less whining about it, it would go more smoothly.
11 spawns here, 22 pumpkins. Avg: 2 pumpkins per spawn, several spawns have been totally pumpkinless. Unless the rate picks up, it is entirely likely that I will not reach 100. I am not alone in this low drop rate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aurboth
calling something an "achievement" doesn't mean a whole lot if it is literally impossible to do. Either enough pumpkins spawn in the allotted time frame or they don't. It has nothing to do with player ability or amount of time spent playing and everything to do with random number generation and poor developer planningQuote:
Originally Posted by Aurboth
perhaps more time spent playing and less whining about others whining would make that more obvious
Maybe only the people that are getting few pumpkins are complaining... because I'm at 37/100 and I generally am only able to log on for one spawn a day.
I am on probably 8 hours every day, constantly from 6:30pm - 11:30pm. Today's 2 spawns netted me a total of two pumpkins. I now have 23.Quote:
Originally Posted by upjyb
I completed 2 co-ops today (the Siege and Lakeside Treasure) received no pumpkins from either one:mad:
I am having same issue though I have been tracking my count since I noticed it and I have collected a total of 107 pumpkins yet only have it reading as 46/50 collected. I was hoping it would be corrected or at least a response on board but since neither have happened I am placing my post here with yours so you know your not alone W1lson.
ok, I looked on some ppl's islands and they are getting mad collectables. I still get at the most 12, and have not spammed my island with deco to block spots. at almost a third of the way into the event I have found 27 pumpkins, no way I'm finishing the quest, and I SEARCH my island for collectables. so I might get 2 or 3 in a spot but it's not helping to finish this quest. and I am on a lot.
it's NOT guaranteed that pumpkins drop. you get 3 drop options 0/X/XX, yes it would be nice to get the XX drop every time but chance are you will get nothing in some cases. just keep doing them and your chances will get betterQuote:
Originally Posted by QueenDea
Yes, and remember that first slot which has the big fat 0? That slot is supposed to be about 60%; so in any given ls, only 40% have goodies (pumpkins in this case).
Hear you... on for many hours in a day, finding all collectables, and I'm at 21... :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Troll-Phu
My last few have been better than I was doing initially after the maintenance. Been getting 4-5 pumpkin collectibles per spawn. I have a lot of open spaces if it matters, although I don't think I get a lot of collectibles (my current spawn is 16). These pumpkins are quite hard to spot. If I'm missing any, Combo Finder isn't spotting them either.
verified - it only shows 1 for me also even when there are 3 collectibles in the batch.
I'm getting 6-7 on almost every spawn out of 21... so it's not the pumpkin rate, it's the base rate of collectibles that's the issue. I don't see anyone with 20+ collectibles a spawn really complaining, so I guess this is just an extension of an issue that already exists but no one cared about since normal collectibles are meh at best.
What's Combo Finder? Is that some kind of script/app?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gwalben
Update:
Never mind, found it at: http://forum.diesiedleronline.de/thr...r-Suchroutinen
Too bad it's windoze only.
Third party program to which you can feed a screenshot and it tries to spot collectibles through color patterns iirc
I wonder if they are spawning in cloudy areas (if you haven't cleared your island). I'm just saying, I've got my island cleared and I'm in the 40's out of 100 as of now. Finding 1-3 pumpkins most spawns - I don't ever find all my collectibles - but at least 1 each time seems to be in the wide open archipelago.
29 pumpkins so far and cleared all islands... the problem is they are not spawning enough and even if you found 2-3 pumpkins out of each collectible they only count 1 for the achievement. hence I have doubts to complete this achievement within event time.